The 1.2 release series was retired in 2017, so the information here is now for historical interest only.
The executive summary is that, provided you have a compiler with decent ISO C++ support, Xapian should work on modern Unix or Unix-like platforms, Microsoft Windows, and OS/2.
In particular, 64 bit platforms are well supported (we do a lot of development work on x86-64 Linux), as are both big and little endian platforms.
However we don't regularly test on all possible platform and compiler combinations, so regressions in support are possible. If you hit a problem, please open a ticket with details.
Compilers
The only tested compiler we've failed to build with so far is Compaq C++ (on Tru64, HPUX, and Linux). Older versions of the compiler simply seem to lack sufficient support for C++ templates and this testcase fails to compile:
#include <xapian/base.h>
class Query {
class Internal;
Xapian::Internal::RefCntPtr<Internal> internal;
template <class SubQ> Query(SubQ q) : internal(0) { }
};
This compiles with Compaq C++ 7.1, but the build now fails to link a binary.
If you're using GCC, 3.1 is the minimum supported version for Xapian 1.2 and later, but you may need a newer version to get good compiler backend support for some architectures (e.g. 3.3 on ARM).
Recent versions of clang work too (older versions didn't support C++ well).
On Microsoft Windows, you can build using Cygwin or Mingw GCC, or with MSVC.
On OS/2, EMX GCC should work.
Reports
Adding Entries
If you try a platform not listed here (or try a newer version on a listed platform) we'd love to hear - please at least include the OS version (e.g. output from "uname -a"), compiler and version (e.g. output from g++ -v), and any switches you passed to configure. Please also run "make check" and tell us if any tests fail.
We've removed reports prior to 1.2.0 - so much has changed since then that they no longer provide useful information.
1.2.x
| Arch | Platform | Compiler | Version | Status | Source | Notes / requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alpha | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.4 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd.debian-ports.org | |
| armel | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.4 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| armhf | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| hppa | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.4.5 | 1.2.4 | Passed | buildd | |
| ia64 | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.4 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| m68k | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.8.1 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd.debian-ports.org | |
| mips | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.4 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| mipsel | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| powerpc | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| powerpcspe | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.4 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd.debian-ports.org | |
| ppc64 | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.4 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd.debian-ports.org | |
| ppc64 | Linux Fedora 18 | GCC 4.7.2 | 1.2.16 | Passed | builtbot (gcc compile farm gcc110) | |
| s390 | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.3 | 1.2.10 | Passed | buildd | |
| s390x | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| sh4 | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd.debian-ports.org | |
| sparc | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.4 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| sparc | Solaris 10 | GCC 4.7.0 | 1.2.10 | Passed | opencsw | |
| sparc | Solaris 10 | Sun C++ 5.9 | 1.2.3 | Passed | opencsw | 1.2.3 needs patches for core, omega; xapian-core needs: gmake LIBS=-lm
|
| sparc64 | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.6.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd.debian-ports.org | |
| x86 | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.7.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| x86 | Linux Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) | GCC 4.2.3 | 1.2.2 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86 | Linux Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) | GCC 4.3.3 | 1.2.2 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86 | Linux Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) | GCC 4.4.1 | 1.2.2 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86 | Linux Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) | GCC 4.4.3 | 1.2.7 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86 | Linux Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick) | GCC 4.4.5 | 1.2.7 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86 | Linux Ubuntu 11.04 (natty) | GCC 4.5.2 | 1.2.7 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86 | Linux Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) | GCC 4.6.1 | 1.2.7 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86 | Hurd 0.3 Debian sid | GCC 4.7.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| x86 | kFreeBSD 8.1 Debian | GCC 4.6.1 | 1.2.7 | Passed | buildd | |
| x86 | kFreeBSD 9.0 Debian | GCC 4.7.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| x86_64 | Linux Debian 7.2 | clang 3.0 | 1.2.16 | Passed | buildbot | |
| x86_64 | Linux Debian 7.2 | GCC 4.7.2 | 1.2.16 | Passed | buildbot | |
| x86_64 | Linux Debian 6.0 (squeeze) | GCC 4.4.5 | 1.2.4 | Passed | Non-default packages required: g++, g++-4.4, libpcre3-dev, uuid-dev, uuid-runtime, zlib1g-dev | |
| x86_64 | Linux Debian sid x32 | GCC 4.7.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd.debian-ports.org | |
| x86_64 | Linux Debian 5.0 | GCC 4.3.2 | 1.2.7 | Passed | (atreus) | |
| x86_64 | Linux Debian sid | GCC 4.7.2 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| x86_64 | Linux Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) | GCC 4.2.3 | 1.2.2 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86_64 | Linux Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) | GCC 4.3.3 | 1.2.2 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86_64 | Linux Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) | GCC 4.4.1 | 1.2.2 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86_64 | Linux Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) | GCC 4.4.3 | 1.2.7 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86_64 | Linux Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick) | GCC 4.4.5 | 1.2.7 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86_64 | Linux Ubuntu 11.04 (natty) | GCC 4.5.2 | 1.2.7 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86_64 | Linux Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) | GCC 4.6.1 | 1.2.7 | Passed | ppa | |
| x86_64 | kFreeBSD 8.1 Debian | GCC 4.7.0 | 1.2.10 | Passed | buildd | |
| x86_64 | kFreeBSD 9.0 Debian | GCC 4.7.3 | 1.2.15 | Passed | buildd | |
| x86_64 | Mac OS X 10.6 | GCC 4.2.1 | 1.2.5 | Passed |
